On 1/31/2013 7:21 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> Mailscanner is "not recommended" for use with postfix. clamsmtp is >> more complicated than using the bundled clamav-milter. >> > since i am new and just trying to explore things so would you please > share why not mailscanner? for my learning >
mailscanner manipulates the postfix queue in an unsafe manner, with a very real possibility of silently lost or truncated messages. This is unfortunate, since mailscanner has an impressive feature set. >From http://www.postfix.org/addon.html#content: "mailscanner system, works with Postfix and other MTAs. WARNING: This software uses unsupported methods to manipulate Postfix queue files directly. This will result in corruption or loss of mail. The mailscanner authors have sofar refused to discuss a proper access API or protocol". I'm sure there are lots of "works for me" reports. There are also documented cases of silent failure in the list archive.
